Jean Melanson (abt. 1690 - 1760)

Born about 1690 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Ancestors

Husband of Marie Petitot — married 22 Jan 1714 in Annapolis Royal, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Descendants

Died 1760 at about age 70 in Cherbourg, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France [uncertain]

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Biography

Jean Melanson is the descendant of a Huguenot emigrant.

Jean Melanson was born about 1690. He was the son of Charles Melanson and Marie Dugas.

In 1693, at Port Royal, Jeanne [sic], aged 3, was living with his parents, Charles MELANCON, aged 46, and Marie DUGAS, aged 42, and his seven siblings: Charles, aged 18, Madeleine, aged 16, Marie, aged 12, Francoise, aged 10, Pierre, twin, aged 8, Ambroise, twin, aged 8, and Claude, aged 5. The family owned 4 guns and was living on 35 arpents of cultivable land with 20 cattle, 25 sheep, and 12 pigs.^[1]

Jean (23) married Marie Petitot (19) (born about 1694 in Port-Royal; daughter of surgeon Denis Petitot and Marie Robichaud) on 22 Jan 1714 in Annapolis Royal, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia. Signed by Charles Melanson and Deni St Sceine.^[2][3] Their known children were:

1. Marie Melanson (1714–bef. 1772) .
2. Anne Melanson (1716–abt. 1774) .
3. Magdeleine Melanson (1718–1803) .
4. Marguerite Melanson (1722–1808) .
5. Claude Melancon (1725–1769) [uncertain].
6. Charles Melanson (1725–abt. 1800) .
7. Jean-Baptiste Melanson (1728–1790) .
8. Pierre Melanson (1730–1763) .
9. Denis Melanson (1733–1776) .
10. Isabelle Melanson (1735–abt. 1760) .
11. Marie Melanson (1744– )

Jean passed away 24 February 1760, aged about 70 and was buried the same day at Cherbourg, Normandy, France.

"Une troisième lignée des Melanson remonte à Jean dit Jani, fils de Charles Melanson et de Marie Dugas. Celui-ci est né vers 1690. Le 22 janvier 1714, à Port-Royal, il prit pour femme Marie-Madeleine Petitot dit Saint-Seine, fille du chirurgien Denis Petitot et de Marie Robichaud."^[4]

CENSUS: 1698, age 8 years.

CENSUS: 1700, as Jeanne, age 10 years.

CENSUS: 1701, age 10 years (sic).

Sources

1. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1693 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie 1693 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the Library and Archives Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 62-108;

   at Port Royal: Charles MELANCON 46, Marie DUGAS 42, Charles 18, Madeleine 16, Marie 12, Francoise 10, Pierre & Ambroise (twins) 8, Claude 5, Jeanne 3; 20 cattle, 25 sheep, 12 pigs, 35 arpents, 4 guns. In the original 1693 census at Port Royal, Madeleine was listed as Magdelaine but transcribed as Madeleine. Jean was listed as Jeanne.

2. ↑ Library and Archives Canada, Fonds de la paroisse catholique Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Port-Royal, N.-É.)-1870 C-1870 (image 169) https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c1870/169?r=0&s=5
3. ↑ An Acadian Parish Remembered The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755 Jean Melanson and Magdelaine Petitot marriage RG 1 volume 26 page 310 https://novascotia.ca/archives/acadian/archives.asp?ID=1304
4. ↑ White, Stephen A. La généalogie des trente-sept familles hôtesses des Retrouvailles 94, online articles, Les Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne, vol. 25, nos 2 et 3 (1994), Melanson, page 1

See also:

• BIRTH-PARENTS-CENSUS-MARRIAGE-BURIAL: Stephen A. White, DICTIONNAIRE GENEALOGIQUE DES FAMILLES ACADIENNES; 1636-1714; Moncton, New Brunswick, Centre d'Etudes Acadiennes, 1999, 2 vols.; p. 1147; #13
• MARRIAGE: Arsenault, H&G, p. 719 (Port Royal).